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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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